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t. e. The history of medicine in the Philippines discusses the folk medicinal practices and the medical applications used in Philippine society from the prehistoric times before the Spaniards were able to set a firm foothold on the islands of the Philippines for over 300 years, to the transition from Spanish rule to fifty-year American colonial ...
Dimensions. 2.92 m × 2.76 m (9.6 ft × 9.1 ft) Location. National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila. The Progress of Medicine in the Philippines is a painting by Filipino artist Botong Francisco. It was commissioned in 1953 to depict the history of Philippine medicine. It is currently on display in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila.
Health care in the Philippines extends as far back as the 15th century. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, life and by extension health care, was centered around the animate and inanimate world. Traditional Filipino medicinal herbs were used for a wide variety of ailments. Anonas leaves were applied to the stomach for indigestion.
Paulo C. Campos (July 27, 1921 – June 2, 2007) was a Filipino physician and educator noted for his promotion of wider community health care and his achievements in the field of nuclear medicine for which he was dubbed as "The Father of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines". [1] The first president of the National Academy of Science and ...
Fe del Mundo. Fe Villanueva del Mundo, OLD ONS GCGH, (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; 27 November 1911 – 6 August 2011) [1] was a Filipino pediatrician. She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines. [2][3] Her pioneering work in pediatrics ...
Trinidad Hermenegildo José María Juan Francisco Pardo de Tavera y Gorricho[1] (13 April 1857 – 26 March 1925) was a Filipino physician, historian and politician of Spanish and Portuguese descent who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Philippines in 1899. Trinidad, also known by his name T. H. Pardo de Tavera, was known for his writings ...
cm.upm.edu.ph. The University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine (CM) is the medical school of the University of the Philippines Manila, the oldest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System. Its establishment in 1905 antedates the foundation of the UP System and makes it one of the oldest medical schools in ...
Nationality. Philippines. Occupation. Physician. Known for. Discovery of erythromycin. Abelardo Aguilar (November 3, 1917 – September 22, 1993 was a Filipino doctor from Iloilo, Philippines who worked as a medical representative for Eli Lilly and Company. [1][2]